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You can create manual test cases to test your application by using Visual Studio 2010 Ultimate or Visual Studio Test Elements. In a manual test case, you can document all the required test steps for a specific scenario and any other information that you must have to run the manual test. This might include attaching files to the manual test case. You must add your manual test cases to a test plan to be able to run them using Test Runner. By adding your manual test cases to a plan you can save the results every time that you run your test.
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To add manual test cases into your test plan, you must use Microsoft Test and Lab Manager. A test case is a work item; therefore it can also be viewed and edited like any other work item from Microsoft Visual Studio 2010. |
Use the following topics to help you create manual test cases:
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Creating a Manual Test Case: You can create a manual test case with both action and validation test steps using Microsoft Test and Lab Manager. You can also add test steps by copying and pasting from Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Word. In addition, you can add parameters to a manual test case to run the test multiple times with different data. | |
Speed Up Manual Test Case Creation: You can create a copy of an existing manual test case as a starting point to create another test case. You can create a test case from Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word. You can copy and paste test steps from other test cases. Or you can use actions that you record when you run a test to create a test case. | |
Reduce Maintenance by Sharing Test Steps: You can share test steps between manual test cases. For example, if each test case has to log on to the application under test, you can create shared steps to perform these actions and add it to each test case. In addition, you can add parameters to your shared steps to use them in test cases where you want to run the test multiple times with different data. | |
Remove a Test Case That Is No Longer Required: If a test case is no longer required to test your application, then you can make it obsolete. | |
Running Manual Tests Using Test Runner
You can run the manual test cases that you have created and record the results.
How to: Search for Test Cases from Microsoft Test and Lab Manager
To find specific test cases, you can search for them.
Organizing Test Cases Using Test Suites
You can organize your test cases into test suites. This makes it easier to find test cases and you can also run all the tests in a test suite.
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